Enhancement of expression and apparent secretion of Erwinia chrysanthemi endoglucanase (encoded by celZ) in Escherichia coli B

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2439-2445

  Zhou, Shengde ^a   Yomano, Lorraine P ^a   Saleh, Alif Z ^a   Davis, Francis C ^a   Aldrich, Henry C ^a   Ingram, Lonnie O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; NEGIBACTERIA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0033009713     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2439-2445.1999     Document Type: Article

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